Video Experiences

Student Videos

A favorite activity at New Directions is exploring the local music scene, playing music, and reviewing music venues around town. Students and staff come together weakly to learn and play music. In our student lounge, there are acoustic and bass ...

A transition program is only as good as its staff. At New Directions, we have put a great deal of effort into finding the right type of people for our transition programs in both Florida and California.

Have you put much thought into how your young adult looks for jobs? Does he or she just spend hours looking through classifieds or online postings? Is he or she filling out applications for anything that is available? Or maybe you’re the one doing all of the hunting for them?

Does your young adult have enough support? You and your family certainly provide support, and you may feel that should be enough. But what if your support isn’t enough? Despite your best efforts, your young adult may not accomplish his or her ...

Sometimes your young adult needs more. You’ve both tried therapy, maybe even many different types of therapy, with no real progress. He or she enrolled in college courses, only to lose interest and drop out, or fail classes. His or her friends ...

How many attempts have you made to foster independence in your young adult? Do you feel your attempts have accomplished nothing? You’ve seen different counselors, attended support groups, discussed the problem with other parents. Your young ...

Changes don’t happen overnight. You can follow all of the advice in our blog. You can spend hours discussing what you need to do with counselors and parents who have been there. But it takes time. When you choose a transition program such as ...

Comfort in social situations and the growth of new relationships, as well as knowing how to maintain relationships, is an important part of your young adult's independence. To help students develop this skill and comfort, we plan a lot of social ...

Impromptu discussion between Dr. Drew Rubin and a student in the New Directions program about the impact of the New Directions program. Discussion includes Life Skills and Vocational Training as well as New Directions Support.

A more mature New Directions for Young Adults (NDFYA) client talks about his experience with the program, from his beginnings in the program and the things he discovered about himself; how he found a job he loves based on his passion for art; ...

A student talks about his experience in the New Directions for Young Adults Program. How the program mentors have helped him enrollment in school, helped him get a job and basically provide ‘round the clock assistance. He’s learned how ...

Dr. Drew Rubin, Executive Director of New Directions for Young Adults (NDFYA) interviews NDFYA student Michael Gimson, who talks about his experience with the program. He discusses how NDFYA helped him get his first paying job (and how his volunteer ...

The right kind of support can make a difference when facing social anxieties. This young woman demonstrates that. Being around compassionate, understanding staff and students struggling with similar problems helped her understand she is not alone. Once she realized that, working through her problems wasn’t so hard after all. Watch the video to find out more about her experience.

For many of our students, there’s no plan. They don’t think beyond immediate needs or wants.

But you know your child can’t live that way. They’ll find themselves running out of money for essentials, or time for school or work projects. And then the cycle of failing classes or being fired from jobs continues.

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Parent Videos

You have a lot of concerns as a parent. It has reached the point where you believe a transition program is really the best choice for your young adult. You know your young adult needs more than you’re able to provide. But you still have a lot ...

Without guidance, many young adults coming out of rehab programs return to their old behaviors. This mother wanted her daughter to learn how to make her own decisions and recognize that those decisions come with consequences. So she enrolled her daughter in the NDFYA transition program based on the recommendation of the rehab program staff, and she’s thrilled she did.

Is your young adult strugging with the responsibilities of independent living?

At New Directions for Young Adults, we can help!

NDFYA Experiences

About Us

New Directions for Young Adults, or NDFYA, is a transitional living program that helps strugglingyoungadults get back on the road to a healthy, independentlife. We are dedicated to helping young adults become successful and independent. With the help of New Directions, young adults who previously failed to thrive are experiencing independence for the first time in their lives.